Find out all the winners of the ALIA 2024

Last night saw over 600 hospitality professionals gather at The Star Event Centre in Sydney for the 29th Australian Liquor Industry Awards (ALIA).

The full list of winners and highly commended people, brands and venues can be seen below. ALIA is a peer, industry voted awards, so a big congratulations to all the finalists, highly commended and winners for being recognised as the best in Australia.

Off-premise awards

• Best Full Strength Beer
  • Winner: Great Northern Brewing Co Original Lager
  • Highly Commended: Furphy Crisp Lager
• Best Mid or Low Strength Beer
  • Balter Captain Sensible
  • Great Northern Super Crisp
• Best Premium Domestic
  • Coopers Pale Ale
  • Balter Cerveza
• Best Premium International
  • Asahi Super Dry
  • Guinness
• Best Mainstream Craft
  • Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
  • Balter XPA
• Best Independent Craft
  • Young Henrys Newtowner
  • Bentspoke Crankshaft
• Best Cider
  • Young Henrys Cloudy Cider
  • Somersby
• Best Australian Brewery
  • Stone & Wood
  • Coopers

• Best Red Wine – $14.99 and Under
  • Winner: 19 Crimes
  • Highly Commended: Taylors Promised Land
• Best Red Wine – $15 to $34.99
  • Taylors Jaraman
  • Pepperjack Barossa
• Best Red Wine – $35 and Over
  • Henschke Hill of Grace
  • Penfolds Bin Series
• Best White Wine – $14.99 and Under
  • W: Wynns Coonawarra Estate
  • W: Yalumba Y Series
  • HC: Taylors Promised Land
• Best White Wine – $15 to $34.99
  • W: Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc
  • HC: Audrey Wilkinson
  • HC: Oyster Bay Marlborough
• Best White Wine – $35 and Over
  • Leeuwin Estate Prelude
  • Vasse Felix Premier
• Best Rosé Wine
  • W: Bird In Hand
  • W: De Bortoli Rosé Rosé
  • HC: Squealing Pig
• Best Australian and International Sparkling Wine
  • Mumm Tasmania Brut Prestige
  • Jansz Premium Cuvée NV
• Best Champagne
  • G.H. Mumm
  • Veuve Clicquot
• Best Dessert and Fortified Wine
  • De Bortoli Noble One
  • Morris Muscat
• Best Australian Winery
  • Brown Family Wine Group
  • Penfolds

• Best Non-Alcoholic Product
  • Winner: Heaps Normal Quiet XPA
  • Highly Commended: Heineken 0.0
• Best Dark Spirit up to $84.99
  • Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7
  • Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Best Light Spirit up to $79.99
  • W: Archie Rose Straight Dry Gin
  • W: Hickson House Distilling Co Australian Gin
  • HC: Absolut
• Best Luxury Dark Spirits over $85
  • W: Lark Classic Cask Single Malt Australian Whisky
  • HC: Archie Rose Single Malt Whisky
  • HC: The Balvenie 12 Year Old
  • HC: The Macallan 12 Year Old
• Best Luxury Light Spirits over $80
  • Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
  • Hickson Road Harbour Strength Gin
• Best Dark RTD/RTS
  • Jack Daniel’s Double Jack
  • Jameson Dry 6.5
• Best Light RTD/RTS
  • -196
  • Hard Rated
• Best Liqueurs
  • Aperol
  • Mr Black
• Best Australian Distillery
  • Archie Rose Distilling Co.
  • Four Pillars

On-Premise awards

• Best Renovation – Venue
  • Beach Hotel Merewether, Newcastle
  • Arkaba Hotel, Adelaide
• Best New Bar
  • The Waratah, Sydney
  • Alice, Brisbane
• Best Sports Venue
  • W: The Sporting Globe Richmond, Melbourne
  • HC: Arkaba Hotel, Adelaide
  • HC: Prince Consort Hotel, Brisbane
• Best Gaming Venue
  • The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay
  • Harbord Hotel, Freshwater
• Best Live Music Venue
  • Ramblin Rascal, Sydney
  • Jolene’s, Sydney
• Best Rum Bar
  • Old Love’s, Sydney
  • The Lobo, Sydney
• Best Agave Spirit Bar
  • Cantina OK!, Sydney
  • El Primo Sanchez, Sydney
• Best Gin Bar
  • W: The Barber Shop, Sydney
  • HC: Hains & Co, Adelaide
  • HC: Moya’s Juniper Lounge, Sydney
• Best Whisk(E)Y Bar
  • Whisky + Alement, Melbourne
  • The Elysian Whisky Bar, Fitzroy
• Best Food Menu
  • W: Bar Margaux, Melbourne
  • W: The Duke of Clarence, Sydney
  • HC: Forest Lodge Hotel, Sydney
  • HC: Old Love’s, Sydney
• Best Beer List
  • The Taphouse, Darlinghurst
  • Odd Culture, Newtown
• Best Wine List
  • Bar Liberty, Melbourne
  • Dear Saint Eloise, Sydney
• Best Cocktail List
  • W: Maybe Sammy, Sydney
  • HC: Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
  • HC: The Barber Shop, Sydney
• Best No-Low Alcohol Product (on-trade)
  • Heaps Normal Quiet XPA
  • Heineken 0.0
• Best On-Premise Mixer
  • Fever-Tree
  • StrangeLove
• Best Draught Product
  • Balter XPA
  • Guinness
• Best On-Premise Spirit/Liqueur
  • Never Never Triple Juniper
  • Archie Rose Double Malt Whisky
• Best Bar Owner
  • W: Matthew Stirling, Robert Libecans & Ryan Noreiks, Caretaker’s Cottage, VIC
  • HC: Ciara Doran, Heritage House Co, Sydney
  • HC: Natalie Ng, Now & Then, Sydney
• Best Bar Team
  • Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
  • Double Deuce Lounge, Sydney
• Best Brand Ambassador
  • Andrew Tsai, Jack Daniel’s
  • Alice Newport, Beam

MAJOR AWARDS

• Best New Product
  • W: Archie Rose Double Malt Whisky
  • HC: Hard Rated
  • HC: Papa Salt Coastal Gin
• Best Liquor Brand
  • Fireball
  • Archie Rose Distilling Co.
• Best Bartender
  • Alicia Clarke, Double Deuce Lounge
  • Andie Bulley, The Waratah
• Best Publican
  • Blair Hayden, The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
  • Peter Hollands, The Alliance Hotel
• Best Bar
  • Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
  • Double Deuce Lounge, Sydney
• Best Hotel
  • The Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo
  • The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay
• Best Bar Group Operator
  • Applejack Hospitality
  • Maybe Group
• Best Hotel Group Operator
  • Solotel
  • Odd Culture Group
• Best Online Liquor Retailer
  • Dan Murphy’s
  • Nick’s Wine Merchants
• Best Liquor Retail Manager
  • Imogen Murphy, Thirstville, Marrickville, NSW
  • Georgia Monaghan, Wilberforce Cellars, NSW
• Best Retail Banner Group
  • W: Liquor Barons
  • W: Red Bottle
  • HC: Dan Murphy’s
• Best Liquor Store
  • W: Wilberforce Cellars, Wilberforce, NSW
  • HC: Barrelhouse Cellars, The Rocks, NSW
  • HC: Liquor Barons Duncraig, WA
• Best Wholesaler or Distributor
  • W: ALM
  • HC: Amber Beverages
  • HC Paramount
• Best On-Premise Supplier
  • William Grant & Sons
  • Brown-Forman
• Best Off-Premise Supplier
  • W: Asahi Beverages
  • HC: Lion
  • HC: SouthTrade International